Frontier Defense on the Upper Ohio, 1777-1778 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596413131 ISBN 13: 9781596413139

Publisher: Janaway Publishing, Inc., 2013

Synopsis

The Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscript Collection, when it came to the Wisconsin Historical Society, was like the working files of many scholars, a mass of partially sorted papers. They were organized by Society staff into 491 volumes divided into 50 series of varying lengths, arranged by geographic area, subject and individual. The "Draper Series," of which this is Volume III, is devoted to the publication of original documentary material obtained, primarily, from the Draper Manuscript Collection. This book is a continuation of Volume II, which closed with the news of General Edward Hand taking command of Fort Pitt, which was a welcome assurance to the soldiers and residents of the Western frontier, and follows the conduct of the War through 1778 when General Hand was recalled to the Eastern field. The documents and material include contemporary reports, journals, memoranda, manuscripts, notes, muster rolls, lists of participants, interviews, and more. As with the previous volume, the editors transcribe numerous original documents, and make extensive use of footnotes to provide explanation and sources for further investigation.

About this title

About the Author:

Journalist, librarian, and editor Reuben Gold Thwaites (1853--1913) was managing editor of the Wisconsin State Journal and secretary of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. A prolific editor and writer, he edited the Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents (73 volumes) and Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (8 volumes) and wrote France in America, 1497--1763 and Wisconsin: The Americanization of a French Settlement.

About this edition

• Publisher: Janaway Publishing, Inc.
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1596413131
• ISBN 13: 9781596413139
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372
• Editor: Thwaites Reuben Gold, Kellogg Louise Phelps